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What exactly does a labourer do??

  • 25-10-2005 4:53pm
    #1
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭


    Hello,

    A friend of mine is considering doing some labouring work (on building sites, etc.)

    Could any of you tell me what a labourer does?

    Is it simply sweeping up, moving bricks? Does someone give the labourer orders or does the labourer just use his initiative and clean up around the place?

    Any insights from ex-labourers greatly appreciated!

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    They do whatever they are told to do.


  • #3
    nesf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,644 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    Did it once. Was a general dogsbody. I had to do as I was told.

    Tis grand really. Time passes quickly when you are working hard. It's not light or easy work though. I wouldn't go into it carrying any back injuries for example ;)


  • #4
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    Thanks for the replies.

    Do you need to be strong or fit?


  • #5
    nesf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,644 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    Being strong helps. It is manual labour after all.

    You'd get strong fast if you weren't anyways ;)


  • #6
    David19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 925 ✭✭✭David19


    You need a safe pass to work as a labourer right?


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  • #7
    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    Safepass. Yes. You could be doing anything. Yes. You need to be fit and strong. You might have to keep up with some other guys who've been doing it for years. I remember once starting on a site, after finishing my college term, and I was meant to be one of two guys working with two brickies. The other labourer didn't turn up, and the lift carrying stuff to the 1st floor broke. After a week I was shattered. After two weeks I'd worked through the pain barrier, and after 3 weeks I was fit as an ox. I always liked to have a decent set of boots and gloves when I was working. Mind you it was many years ago when I did it.


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